Tipi Bag (Possible Bag)

Apsáalooke (Crow / Absaroke)
Northern Plains
Plains

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late 19th-early 20th century

Native-tanned deer hide, glass beads, wool yarn, metal cones, horsehair

Overall: 13 9/16 × 22 1/16 in. (34.5 × 56 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Guido R. Rahr, Sr., Class of 1951P

985.47.26530

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Bag

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Inscriptions

Attached Tag: "#27. Large game pouch. Blue & br. bead stripes. red wool stufts, horsehair tassels. (Hamilton)"

Course History

NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Spring 2012

NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2013

NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015

NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 2-June 19, 1987.

Publication History

Barbara A. Hail and Gregory C. Schwarz, Patterns of Life, Patterns of Art: The Rahr Collection of Native American Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1987, p.66, no.67, ill., p.52.

Provenance

Collected by Henry Hamilton; given to his son, Edward Hamilton; given to Guido Reinhardt Rahr, Sr. (1902-1985), Manitowoc, Wisconsin; given to present collection, 1985.

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